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MT pay solution, maybe..just a suggestion - xx

Posted: Jun 20, 2013

This is how we got paid at a major department store when I was a hairdresser:

Guaranteed minimum wage for hours worked. If our production exceeded minimum wage we were paid a percentage of that production on top of the minimum wage, usually 40%.

I would love to have MTs guaranteed at least a minimum wage for hours worked (or waiting to work) and anything we produce that exceeds that wage should be paid at the customary cpl. This would encourage higher production, benefitting the employer and guarantee a wage, benefitting the employee.

Great Solution - Noel

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That is a great idea and that is how it used to be. When I was training with Career Step that is when the field started to change. MTs got an hourly wage and the line count on top of that and that is why they made good money. The year I started was when it changed so I never saw the good part. I do hope it changes somehow.

why the anonymous dislike? NM - xx

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probably an MTSO - who does not feel

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that we MTs "deserve" to be paid any better than we are now and really does not like the idea of having to pay minimum wage.

Hey, I see they disliked you too!! LOL!!! nm - xx

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lol! guess I hit a "nerve". nm - nm

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nm.

I disliked because - sm

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Encouraging increased production like that would lead to decreased quality. I think we should be paid on accuracy but hourly. No line rates at all. I also think we should get raises based on accuracy and dependability, ability to do multiple accounts, etc.

This sounds good, but maybe - instead of "disliking"

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someone else's suggestion first, you should post your own suggestion, which may be more viable. People tend to get "upset" when someone "dislikes" their suggestion without some form of explanation. but I do like your idea.

eww... dont tell me how to post - I disliked because

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I will post however I feel like it. If you get "upset" that's your own darned fault. You should have enough control over your emotions not to let a little dislike get you upset. How ridiculous.

disliked.. - xx

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Better to explain than to "dislike". Your idea is good although I do think that this is what they are trying to do with the so-called bonuses and the higher accuracy percentage. Also, it would be very difficult to determine day by day and week by week the accuracy as it changes so frequently. But a good idea overall.

What!!!?? another dislike? LOL! - xx

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Honestly, I think some people are just born to be contrary. :)

And about 90% of those folks post on this board!!! - IAMT

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Gets really old really fast. This is not addressing the original topic, but this board is losing a lot of MTs with very good insight and advice because of the negative comments that are truly uncalled for.

Um, the labor board is already "guaranteeing" us minimum wage. - Des

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Enough MTs have complained so that during their regular shifts when they are REQUIRED to be present for work, if there is no work, the company is to pay them at least minimum wage for time spent waiting... or at the very least, that MT can file for partial unemployment benefits for that time.

Regarding productivity, an MT should be paid not only for how much he/she can produce, but also for the quality of the lines he/she produces. Any newbie can produce 300 lph, but those lines will be chock full of rookie errors. This is why highly skilled, experienced MTs used to get higher line rates. We can produce high volume AND high quality.

I disliked your post because you're not suggesting real change.

guaranteed pay - xx

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No if only we could get the MTSO to pay at least the minimum without the threat of being fired!As for partial UE -good luck! I am suggesting real change. Hourly wage PLUS cpl after min wage has been met. I suppose I could write a 100 page detailed outline but that would be picked apart also by people like you who just like to nit-pick for details. Of course accuracy needs to be kept high. That's obvious. It's ridiculous to even suggest anything otherwise. Sheesh! People lighten up a little bit.

The labor board may be - guaranteeing us

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minimum wage, but that does not mean that the MTSO is actually paying it. I have worked for several who do not pay it and no jobs available is a constant, but still expected to babysit the computer and the queue waiting for work. Some of us are only getting minimum wage if we end up suing the company, and that takes 5 to 10 years to accomplish, and a lot of $$ as well. IC's particularly get screwed in this department and cannot file for UE either. So your dislike is met with my dislike, because your analogy is wrong and incomplete about the facts as presented.

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